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The will of the Biden Administration to re-float the nuclear agreement has activated a series of diplomatic springs that are reversing the escalation of tension in the Middle East experienced during the Trump era. This trend is neither strong nor without setbacks. The Saudi crown prince, Mohamed bin Salman, gave new signs of it this Tuesday night when, with words radically different from those once used against his neighbor, he opted for a rapprochement with Iran. "Iran is a neighboring country. We are trying to have good relations with Iran," said the appointed successor to the Saudi throne during a rare television intervention on his state network. "We have interests in Iran, our goal is to see a prosperous Iran," he said. Nothing to do with one of his last interviews, in 2017, when, recognizing a regional confrontation of interests, he advocated "working so that the battle takes place in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia." Many things have changed since then bu...

Oscars 2021 dawn takes place the Sunday 25 to Monday April 26, after being delayed by the pandemic coronavirus. However, the delivery gala will be live but a hybrid between face-to-face and telematics to make it as secure as possible. Actors Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have been in charge of reading the list of nominees for the Oscars 2021 in the 23 categories. The event was carried out in a live broadcast divided into two parts. During the first part, the candidates were known in technical and distribution sections, and in the second, the nominees for the star categories were announced. Up to 366 films aspired to enter the list of nominees for the Oscar for Best Film of the year, and it is that despite the pandemic , the highest number of records in 50 years has been achieved. The film 'Mank', by filmmaker David Fincher, today leads the 2021 Oscar nominations with 10 nominations, according to the Hollywood Academy. Behind this Netflix movie there are half a dozen tapes with...

"This time, the infection is spreading so fast that people don't have time to get medicine. A lot of people are dying before we can get a test report." Dr. SK Pandey is witnessing in the front line how the second wave of coronavirus is devouring the second most populous country in the world. In the last 24 hours, 2,023 people have died in India . It's the highest count in such a short time. Infections have also broken a new daily record: 295,041. Alarming figures to which must be added the health collapse, with thousands of hospitals not even having the necessary oxygen supplies or beds available. In short: Indian hospitals are overwhelmed . Ventilators are missing and intensive care units are on edge. And the dead pile up in morgues and crematoriums. Dr. SK Pandey works at the Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow, capital of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India with 240 million inhabitants and one of the most aff...

Russian state media have reported that Moscow intends to close parts of the Black Sea to foreign military and official vessels for six months. The US State Department on Monday classified as an "unprovoked escalation" Russia's reported decision to limit the navigation of military vessels and foreign officials in three areas in the Black Sea, which could have an impact on access to Ukrainian ports. Russian state media have reported that Moscow intends to close parts of the Black Sea to foreign military and official vessels for six months. That move could affect access to Ukrainian ports through the Sea of   Azov, which is connected to the Black Sea by the Kerch Strait, at the eastern tip of the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014. "This represents yet another unprovoked escalation in Moscow's current campaign to undermine and destabilize Ukraine," State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement. "This fact is particularly worrying amid c...

He wants to be tough on Russia and recently publicly called Putin a "killer". US President Joe Biden followed up his announcements with action. He imposed sanctions on Russian institutions and persons and also imposed punitive measures against the Russian financial sector. Taken together, these are the toughest sanctions against Russia since 2018 - after the poisoning of ex-agent Sergei Skripal in England. But at the beginning of this week, Biden telephoned President Vladimir Putin and offered him a summit meeting in a "third country" , two on neutral ground. That sounded like relaxation in the crisis surrounding the massive deployment of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border. The completely new sanctions, on the other hand, seem like an escalation. Are the two great powers heading for a serious political conflict? To answer that, it is worth taking a closer look at the nature of the sanctions and their cause. Joe Biden is not imposing the punitive measures in resp...

On September 11, 2021, the United States will withdraw from Afghanistan after 19 years, 11 months and four days, since the George W. Bush government attacked the Afghan Taliban regime on October 7, 2001.  US President Joe Biden has decided that he will withdraw US troops from Afghanistan on September 11, 2021, on the 20th anniversary of the Al Qaeda attacks against New York and the Pentagon that led to Washington's military intervention in it. country , in what has been its longest war. This has been assured by three sources familiar with Biden's decision to the Reuters agency. The withdrawal, however, will be made based on security and human rights guarantees, according to the same sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, shortly before the announcement was made. No further details are known about this move. Biden himself is expected to publicly announce his decision and that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will inform NATO allies. ...

There are growing concerns that Russia might invade Ukraine. Now Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has offered himself as a possible peace broker. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has assured Ukraine of his support in the effort for peace in the face of growing tensions on the border with Russia. "We believe that the current crisis must be resolved on the basis of the integrity of Ukraine and international law using peaceful and diplomatic methods," said Erdoğan after a three-hour meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in Istanbul. "We are ready to provide any necessary support for this," said Erdoğan, who has close ties with both Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Erdoğan described the recent escalation of the conflict, which involves Russian-inhabited areas in eastern Ukraine, as worrying. In the past few weeks Russia has ordered around 4,000 additional soldiers for an alleged maneuver on the border with Ukraine. The Kiev govern...

In his first message since the accusations of "conspiracy" against his half-brother Prince Hamza, the monarch has assured that the country remains "stable and safe" King Abdullah II of Jordan has broken his silence about the alleged conspiracy in which his half-brother, Prince Hamza, would be involved. In a message broadcast on public television, the sovereign affirmed this Wednesday that "sedition has been nipped in the bud" and that the country remains "stable and safe." It is the first time the monarch has spoken since what authorities called a "plot to undermine Jordan's stability" broke out over the weekend. King Abdullah II sent a message read on his behalf this afternoon to reassure his people. "The challenge of recent days has not been the most dangerous for the stability of the country, but it has been the most painful for me," he said, adding that he had felt "surprise, pain and anger." In his letter to...

Israel's president has invited Netanyahu, who won a narrow majority in the recent elections, to form a new government, but he is not in a position to receive a vote of confidence from parliament. According to the international news agency, Israeli President Rowan Rivlin has said that no candidate will be able to win the confidence of the parliament after the recent elections, but he has invited Netanyahu, who has a numerical majority, to form the government. "Many people are criticizing the process of inviting Netanyahu, who is facing criminal cases, to form a government, but the law allows for it, so my move is not unconstitutional," he said. The Israeli president claimed that 52 members of the 120-member parliament supported Benjamin Netanyahu, while 61 members were needed to form a government, but opposition candidates had fewer votes than Netanyahu. The key role in the formation of the new government in Israel will be played by a group called the United Arab List, whi...

They are related to a manifesto, released last weekend, in which 104 ex-military personnel expressed their "concern" about the consequences of the plan to open a canal in Istanbul. The public denunciation of the latest megaproject of the Government has led to a new hunt for critics. The Ankara Prosecutor's Office has opened proceedings and ordered the arrest of 14 retired admirals of the Turkish Navy, including two media figures. They are related to a manifesto, released last weekend, in which 104 ex-military personnel expressed "concern" about the political and diplomatic consequences of the plan to open a channel in Istanbul. The Islam-nationalist government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan has seen in the message, which followed another statement of a similar tone signed by 126 former Turkish diplomats, reminiscences of the coup. Not surprisingly, a memorandum from the military -which claims to be the custodian of the secular essence of Turkey-, in 1997, precipitated ...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanoma Ghabrais, said: Not just in countries that can afford immunizations because they are at risk everywhere. The vaccine will play a key role in normalizing the post-epidemic world, but there are many obstacles and many countries may have a long way to go compared to many other countries. In addition to the problems of vaccine supply facilities, for example, some states and political groups have started competing and a kind of 'vaccine nationalism' has emerged which has pushed the population of poor countries back in the line of vaccination. There are other barriers to vaccination, including reluctance to vaccinate, production and supply of vaccines, etc., which block the use of vaccines for the purpose of the final fight against Code 19 globally. Given these obstacles, how long can we hope that this global vaccination program against COVID will be really useful? How is the vaccine process going? Immunization programs...